Non-Family & Family Abductions, Endangered Runaways, Lost or Injured, and Unidentified ... These are our ~LostFaces~ of the Missing

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

What Happened to Reachelle Smith?

"This blog is dedicated to the mission of helping find and bringing home 4 year old Reachelle Marie Smith of Minot, North Dakota who has been missing under suspicious circumstances since May 16, 2006. I will post news articles, information, and updates in chronological order as best I can and as it becomes available. Your help, ideas, opinions and comments are welcome. All I ask is that you please exercise respect for the individual. Thank you and bless you all!"

False Lead in Missing Girl Case5/16/2008A promising lead into the whereabouts of Reachelle Smith has turned out to be nothing.Smith vanished without a trace in May of 2006. She would be five now and authorities have not given up the search.Minot Police detectives have been following the case for two years. Investigators say they gets leads at least once a week in this case because pictures and details circulate around the Internet.This most recent tip comes from the Lexington, KY area.According to reports, Sheriffs there were investigating a girl who closely resembles Smith.Through DNA tests and pictures police were able to determine it was not her. Still, they will not give up the search.Police say, this tip was called in by a cafeteria worker near Lexington.KFYR TV News Stories

I think Reachelle's is the first missing case I've come across, where people must have assumed it's a hoax? I have found several entries for Reachelle confirming that indeed, it is NOT a hoax. I guess not everyone knows about NCMEC after all.It looks like those of us who blog/post for the missing really have our work cut out for us!SnopesUrban LegendsE Rumor

Please show your support for Reachelle and for a family left with too many questions without answer, by visiting her myspace page Bring Reachelle Home

It took over ten years to finally make contact with my oldest son. Getting to know the young man, who used to be my 9-year-old twerp, has been an indescribable experience!

Due to 10+ years of extreme alienation, my second son was nervous to meet with me, at first. It didn't take long for his curiosity to overcome his fear, and now he calls me on the phone & emails me, quite often.

My third son has learned much about missing children/persons & his young life has been forever touched by my search for the 2 brothers he didn't even know. It was a joyous occasion when he finally got to meet both of his big brothers!
~Answered Prayers~

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This is probably quite a controversial question. After all, most of the people I post about has a loved one who is missing without consent.

A parent who adopted their child, signed 'the' paper. They gave permission to allow someone else to raise this child.

Adoption is an issue I have grappled with for quite some time. How dare a person who adopted their child out compare their situation to mine.

Yet as I read about the deception and confusion, in the adoption industry, I question my perhaps too harsh judgements...

Is an adopted child a missing person too?
You decide.

Walk thru the smokescreen and read what it's really like Surviving Adoption Loss from the natural mom's side of the story.Surviving Adoption Loss

BSE adoptee, I was neither "scooped" nor "snatched", but abandoned freely. I am working on coming to terms with that. This is a part of that work.
L'enfant du peche

My son paid over $26,000.00 in child support to his ex and was not ever allowed to see his children. Together he and I paid over $45,000.00 in attorney fees to fight this wrongful adoption.HERE IS THE TRUTH

The majority of society I have spoken to about adoption chose to see it as a beautiful act of love, apparently ignorant of the ugly truth lurking under all the gloss.
Living In The Shadows

She asked questions about me, constantly, until the people who adopted her, feeling insecure, told her a lie.....that I was dead. For years she searched for a grave.MotherhoodDeleted